HMS "Duncan", "Adonia", "Azura" & "AIDAsol" departing from Southampton - 01/10/2013

The Royal Navy's final Class 45 Destroyer, HMS "Duncan" was commissioned in late September 2013. On Monday 30th September-Tuesday 1st October, she made a call to the Military Base at Marchwood located in Southampton Docks. She departed for Portsmouth at 13:58 on the 1st assisted by the tugs "Wyeforce", "Wyestorm" & "Wyetow". She is named after Admiral Duncan, and now joins her sisters "Daring", "Dauntless", "Diamond", "Dragon" & "Defender". Also in Southampton on October 1st were P&O Cruises' "Adonia" (at the 'Mayflower' Terminal) & "Azura" (at the 'Ocean' Terminal) plus AIDA's "AIDAsol" (at the 'City' Terminal) making her second visit to the port. "Adonia" was the first to sail at 15:52 heading for Copenhagen on a 16-night Baltic Cruise taking in ports such as Stockholm (Sweden), St. Petersburg (Russia) & Tallinn (Estonia) returning via the Kiel Canal. "Azura" followed at 16:44 heading for Cadiz on a 17-night Central Mediterranean Cruise taking in ports such as Corfu, Dubrovnik (Croatia), Venice (Italy) & Lisbon (Portugal) returning on Friday October 18th. "AIDAsol" was due for 19:00 departure but was delayed by 13 minutes due to the arrival of an NYK Car Carrier into Berths 38/9. She left at 19:13 heading for her next port of call: Zeebrugge as part of her weekly repeated cruise from Hamburg. Viewed from Town Quay.